Paris Saint-Germain was back at the turbin this Tuesday evening. On the move in the Sarthe, on the lawn of the Marie-Marvingt stadium, the troops of Luis Enrique faced Le Mans, resident of National, in the 8th finals of the Coupe de France. After a fairly balanced first quarter of an hour, Désiré Doué opened the scoring by finding the net (25th). Double the bet was much more complicated than expected: it was not until a few substitutes and it was Bradley Barcola who initialed the Parisian success and thus made it possible to pocket the qualification for the quarterfinals. At a press conference, Luis Enrique did not chew his words on Le Mans on Tuesday and wanted to recall how much the competition was a competition far from being maneuvering.
“”I would like to congratulate Le Mans, coach Patrick, his players. They played a very high level, it was difficult to face them. They really had a very good global level. I would like to say that this competition, that we have won last season, is difficult to play. We can complicate our life quite easily but I find that we were a mature team. We adapted to the playground that was not always easy. And it was a very good job». Subsequently, the native of Gijon explained in the long run, in large and across why he did not turn his team entirely, despite a tiring season with 5 competitions in (Ligue 1, Coupe de France, Champions League, trophy Champions and World Cup of clubs), which will flow until June.
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Asked about the management of his bench and his unwanted, the Spanish coach was very clear. He is not in Paris to do charity and knows who offer who to offer minutes: “This is the key for any coach of a team of this level like PSG. You have to give confidence to all players, it's difficult. The level is high, it increases each time when the competition advances. You have to give minutes of play so that they gain confidence. But I'm not here to give minutes like a gift. This is not what I'm looking for. We want to win all the competitions, we want to go as far as possible in all competitions. All players must be prepared. I really like this team. I want to take advantage of it to give all my players the most confidence». As a reminder, Luis Enrique set out executives like Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Fabián Ruiz, Gonçalo Ramos or Willian Pacho, and also brought Bradley Barcola, Achraf Hakimi, Vitinha and Nuno Mendes. All accompanied by a few young people like Yoram Zague and Senny Mayulu who started.
After having encountered slight difficulties relating to Espaly in the 16th finals, PSG also crossed the iron with a valiant team from Le Mans who knew how to get great opportunities at home: “Le Mans could have scored a goal or two! They had the opportunities for and Safonov made a stop in particular. It is a difficult competition, there are many L1 teams that have been eliminated. During the previous round, Espaly had already pleased me. Le Mans is of a higher level and we did not come here to walk. It was a difficult match. No team has won by more than one goal apart from us. We suffered. The level is really too close in this competition despite the divisions of deviations. We are very satisfied with the results and the incredible supporters that we have. It is always important and pleasant to have the support of supporters». Luis Enrique has confidence in his management and does not want to change a working method. Given the results, it is difficult to prove it wrong.
